Domestic violence in child welfare preventative services: Results from an intake screening questionnaire

Women and Child Abuse in South Africa: Lessons From Practice

“…Research in both the United Kingdom and in the United States of America has highlighted the serious implications that the phenomenon of woman and child abuse occurring in the same family system has for practice (Chamberlain, 2001;Mullender, 2001). The aforementioned study on the co-occurrence of woman and child abuse in South Africa (Hanson, 2008), confirmed international findings that, whilst child welfare social workers and abused women's advocates both share an interest in stopping the violence and abuse, their perspectives and approaches are frequently in conflict (Beeman & Edleson, 2000;Hanson, 2008;Magen, Conroy & Del Tufo, 2000;Whitney & Davis, 1999).…”

‘From awareness to practice’: children, domestic violence and child welfare

“…Magen et al (2000) write from a North American perspective, but similar arguments have been made by British researchers and practitioners. Stanley (1997) comments that in the study she reviewed 'women were frequently seen as responsible for controlling male violence and (told to) avoid making trouble' (p. 139) by social workers.…”

“…Accordingly, when domestic violence by man to woman was investigated as a child protection matter, the mother was often indirectly blamed. Magen et al (2000) write about the kind of child protection case work where:…”

“…One such explanation is that described by Magen et al (2000) and Mullender (2004), which is that the focus of the system makes it difficult for it to address an issue as ubiquitous as domestic violence. This factor was highlighted by the National Assembly for Wales in its report on the local authority response to the Victoria Climbié inquiry:…”

“…Magen et al (2000) developed a tool for child 'Distinguish the needs of the child from the needs of the primary nonabusing carer' 'A poverty of provision available to address identified need' welfare workers that was intended to orientate workers to the appropriate way of intervening. This tool has already been discussed and aimed to indicate 'differential' responses to be provided to children and their families.…”